After hearing the news, common people came with their families to surrender. Who wouldn’t want such a kind-hearted master?

Thirty percent! This is an unprecedented preferential treatment.

Although the recruitment requirements are strict, such as having to have worked for 15 years, having no criminal record, and having a special skill, the more stringent the requirements are, the more people are scrambling to join.

Soon, more than 200 people were gathered and houses were allocated to them based on family units.

When they heard that they could live in a brick and tile house, that the owner would provide the materials and that they could build the house themselves, they were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. This owner was so nice, it was worth it for her to work so hard for him.

They spared no effort to build houses for themselves. Everyone got up early and worked hard. Brick houses with exactly the same shape rose from the ground.

Mu Wanqing handed the construction project of the courtyard house to Mu Zhong. She had only one requirement for the house: to be simple and practical.

Mu Zhong has a strong execution ability and good capabilities. As long as Mu Wanqing gives him an order, he can do it beautifully.

With him around, Mu Wanqing feels less worried.

Xiliang is suffering from drought and water shortage, and it is extremely inconvenient to irrigate farmland. Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood. Mu Wanqing plans to build a tap water project.

Simply put, it is a water conservancy facility that uses the impact of water flow to automatically pump water to irrigate farmland through the rotation of the waterwheel. She once visited the Lanzhou waterwheel, which is of this model. The Lanzhou waterwheel was derived from a wooden drum wheel and was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. After years of experiments, Duan Xu, a Lanzhou native, finally succeeded. Note (1)

She had seen the relevant drawings, but after all, she was not a professional and had forgotten some details.

She tried hard to recall, scribbling and drawing non-stop, and wasted countless drawings.

The Lanzhou waterwheel gradually took shape under her pen, and her ideas became more and more mature...

Hurried footsteps sounded, and Mu Zhong's voice rang out from outside the door, "Miss, Miss, there are people making trouble outside, saying that you abducted one of his villagers, and they want you to give an explanation, but the problem is, we checked when we took him in, and there was no problem..."

Mu Wanqing raised her eyebrows. She finally came. "Report to the authorities."

"But..." Mu Zhong hesitated. Logically, he might not win if he took the case to the government.

"Go ahead. This is a trap set for me. I'll take it." Mu Wanqing silently put down her pen and looked at the drawing she had drawn with admiration.

Outside the farm, a group of people were shouting aggressively, their words were extremely harsh and unbearable to watch.

The weather is scorching hot. I break out in sweat the moment I move. I feel restless and irritated, and I just want to curse.

"Women are just like that, they have long hair but short knowledge, they always do things that are not presentable. You want to be a good person, 30%? You can think of that."

"Ah, if I had a daughter like you, I would strangle her to death, you evil woman."

"The girl from the Mu family is brainless and does whatever she wants without considering others at all. Don't blame us for being rude."

"Why haven't you come out yet? Are you hiding at home crying? It's too late. Crying is useless."

"You want to be a coward? That's wishful thinking. Slam the door, slam it hard. I'm going to teach her a lesson today."

They were all farmers, and they were furious when they heard that Mu Wanqing only collected 30% of the rent.

Everyone else takes 50% or 60%, and you suddenly appear and take 30%, which makes them look very unscrupulous.

If you want to be special, what will they do? What will those peasants in the village think?

What is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth. The peasants will rebel.

This is like cutting off someone's money and property, like killing their parents. How can you not hate it?

What made them even angrier was that she announced it to the world in a big way, asking everyone to join Shuimu Farm.

They are trying to steal their talents, not taking them seriously at all, and are openly challenging them.

So, everyone agreed to surround her and force her to bow her head.

But, after all the fuss, no one showed up, which made me very angry.

As they were banging, a group of people came galloping over on horseback. "Stop it, the owner of Shuimu Farm is accusing you of using violence and illegally breaking into someone else's residence with bad intentions. Take them all away."

The officials are here.

The owners of the manor were stunned. Great! The bad guys actually filed a complaint first. "Sir, it's unjust. She was the first to misbehave. We are just here to seek justice."

The official had a stern face and said in a serious tone, "Why don't you go to the government to seek justice? The Great Qi Dynasty has long had regulations prohibiting private group fights."

"We don't have..."

The official was sweating profusely from the heat, and waved his hand impatiently, "Alright, take them all away, and go to the government office if you have anything to say."

The owners of the manors looked at each other, this was different from what they had imagined.

"What about Mu Wanqing? She has to go too."

At this moment, the gate opened and a carriage slowly came out.

The curtain was lifted, revealing a small face with red lips and white teeth, and a smile on her face. "My lords, you have worked hard. Have a bowl of my special sour plum soup."

The sour plum soup made with well water is sour and sweet, and one sip of it will completely eliminate all the heat.

The officials couldn't help but feel a little fond of her. "Thank you."

The owners of the manor were so angry that their mouths were crooked. He actually tried to please the officials in front of them. How shameless! "You damn girl..."

Mu Wanqing glanced over and said, "Speak nicely and try to be polite. I hate dirty people who spew shit the most."

The man's face turned red with anger, "You...you..."

Before he could finish, Mu Wanqing turned her head and said, "Let's go. I haven't been back to the city for a long time. It's a good time to go back and take a look."

Her gaze fell towards the southwest, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and the backup plan she had arranged should be here soon.

In the Xishan military camp, General Du was discussing matters with his son and his men.

A voice came from outside, "Little General, Little General."

As soon as I heard the voice, I knew it was Du Shaoxuan's personal attendant. Without a special reason, he would not be called at this time.

Du Shaoxuan stood up suddenly, apologized to Du Shuai and his uncles, and then walked out. "What are you yelling about?"

The attendant reported cautiously, "Young General, Shuimu Farm has delivered it..."

There was another person standing next to him, it was Mu Wanqing's man, Li Pingan. The couple stayed in the village and were responsible for protecting Mu Wanqing.

Du Shaoxuan's eyes lit up, "What kind of food is this? Bring it up quickly."

Li Ping'an took out a lunch box. Du Shaoxuan didn't have time to take a closer look and ran in with the lunch box.

He opened the lunch box and found a pot of sour plum soup and a portion of mung bean cake, a double portion.

He offered it to Du Shuai first, "Father, please try it."

Du Shuai was not a person who enjoyed himself, but he could not bear to offend his son's filial piety, so he took a sip of the sour plum soup and said, "Not bad, share it with everyone."

The quantity was small, just enough for each person to have two sips, but it was surprisingly delicious.

A deputy general smacked his lips, still not satisfied, "Young General, ask your friend to prepare more. Who can eat such a small amount?"

Du Shaoxuan felt very distressed because Mu Wanqing specially prepared food for him.

"Hey, this... is a letter." Someone exclaimed, and there was a thick stack of letters under the food box.

Someone winked and said, "Isn't it a love letter?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Miss Wanqing and I are friends." Du Shaoxuan took a breath after opening the letter. "Father, look, this is □□'s design drawing. She actually gave it to me."

She mentioned it last time, but then everyone was busy with their own things and she didn't mention it again. Du Shaoxuan didn't feel comfortable to urge her either. This thing was not an ordinary one, so it was normal for someone to go back on their word.

Du Shuai was stunned for a moment, took it and glanced at it, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

He was knowledgeable and could tell at a glance that the design was extraordinary. "Was this designed by Miss Mu?"

"Yes, she shot Mu Jiu's grandmother with a gun..." Du Shaoxuan changed the name in time. There was no Mu Jiu's grandmother anymore, only the divorced Li. "No, it was Li's arm that was shot through. The distance was very long and the aim was very accurate. It is said that she did not use much strength."

Du Shuai glared at his son angrily, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Du Shaoxuan was silent.

The servant's voice came from outside again, "Young Master, they also sent a locked wooden box. I don't know what's inside. It's specifically for you."

Du Shaoxuan's heart moved, and he jumped up suddenly and ran out quickly.

Everyone looked at each other and then followed.

Du Shaoxuan looked at the locked wooden box, pursed his lips, drew out his sword and swung it over.

With a "clang", the padlock fell to the ground.

Du Shaoxuan opened the box and found a delicate sword with exquisite workmanship, intricate design and smooth lines like water.

"Dad, look, she gave me a □□, hahahaha."

He was so happy and excited that he couldn't wait to take it out and try it out.

According to what Mu Wanqing taught him, he aimed at the flying bird in the distance by three points in a straight line.

With a light press, the long arrow flew out and hit the flying bird accurately.

This was too easy. Du Shaoxuan was a little overwhelmed to react. He didn't even use any strength.

He picked up the gun again and aimed it at a fruit a hundred meters away and hit it again.

When everyone saw Guozi fall to the ground, they were stunned. The distance was a bit far.

After everyone realized what was happening, they all rushed over and said, "Young General, let me try."

Deputy General Zhao was even more shameless, "Let me try first, my shooting is the worst."

This is a perfect reason. Okay, let him try it first.

Deputy General Zhao asked the soldiers to make an archery target and place it ninety meters away.

Under Du Shaoxuan's guidance, the arrow hit the target with one shot, without any deviation, and passed through the target and fell to the ground. Everyone knew what this meant. It was very lethal!

He rubbed his eyes, somewhat incredulous, "Ahhh, I actually hit the target, this is too amazing, young general, your archery skills are superb, you don't need this kind of assistance, just give it to me."

Another general rushed over, hugged him, and tried to snatch the gun from his hand with one hand.

"Get out of the way. My arms have been sore lately, and I need a magic weapon like this. Little General, please give it to me."

As a soldier, who wouldn't want such a magical weapon? It can save lives at critical moments.

A majestic voice sounded, "Bring it to me."

"Why are you arguing with me..." Deputy General Zhao turned around and almost choked to death on his own saliva, "Ahem, General Du, please go in."

After Du Shuai tried it once, his eyes became brighter and brighter, as if he had obtained some rare treasure and he couldn't let it go.

When everyone saw this, they looked at each other and thought, okay, there’s no hope.

Du Shaoxuan was particularly proud, "Father, what do you think?"

Du Shuai looked at his son deeply. What was he so proud of? It wasn't his design!

"Build a □□ camp, assign a thousand people to it, and you will be the battalion commander. In a month, I want to see a powerful archery team that can hit whatever it points to."

"Yes, father." Du Shaoxuan responded solemnly.

Commander Du issued an order, "Captain Zhou, the construction of the equipment is now in your hands. This is top secret."

"yes."

Du Shaoxuan was filled with joy and looked at Li Pingan, "Thank your young lady for me. I like the gift she gave me very much. Is she still in the manor? What is she doing?"

Li Ping'an has always been by Mu Wanqing's side and has great respect for her.

"She wants to build a water supply project that can draw water from the river and deliver it to the fields for irrigation without any effort. If successful, it can be promoted in various places. It is said to be especially suitable for military reclamation. Unfortunately..."

Everyone came running over, it sounded like a good thing, we must be the first to do so this time!

Only Du Shaoxuan was a little worried, "Is it not going well? You can't rush this kind of thing, take your time."

"Someone is besieging our farm." Li Ping'an looked anxious.

Du Shaoxuan's face changed when he heard that. "What? Say it again."

"Some people who disliked my young lady smashed the gate of our farm and wanted to drag her away..." Li Ping'an's eyes were red.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Huh?" Du Shaoxuan was angry and anxious, grabbing Li Ping'an by the collar, "Who did it? I'll go save him now."

"When I came out, those farm owners were besieging our Shuimu Farm. They would not let the young lady go and would definitely kill her."

Du Shaoxuan was in a state of confusion, and his usually clear mind was completely blank.

Du Shuai frowned slightly, "Why?"

"The young lady is a very nice person. She did a very good thing, reducing the rent..." Li Ping'an felt sorry for his young lady.

"Father, don't ask me yet. I'll go over and take a look." Du Shaoxuan pulled Li Ping'an and ran, "Go and prepare the horses, quickly."

Looking at his son's anxious back, Mu Shuai's eyes flickered slightly, "Adong, go and take a look. Ze'er is worried and confused, and the Mu family's daughter must not be in trouble."

"yes."

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Note (1) From Wikipedia. I had something to do this morning, so I updated late. Sorry.